NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS FILM FESTIVAL This international festival, produced by a Tribeca couple, will be held throughout the month of March in venues around the city, including the Regal Union Square. Above photo is from Hammerboy a film from South Korea, the English language version. Variety of films geared for specific age groups  toddlers through teens. For information: www.gkids.com or 212-349-0330

JAMES JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM at the Film Forum. Tale of a pious young man from a Zulu village on a pilgrimage. James is mistaken for an illegal alien, but rescued by a smooth operator. His journey has just begun. Opens March 5; 209 West Houston St., 212-727-8110.

DOCUMENTARIAN PIONEER AT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE Films by Charles Guggenheim (pictured above), a central figure in the evolution of the American documentary, will be shown in a day-long series on Sun., Feb. 1. The schedule is as follows: 12:30 pm: D-Day Remembered followed by The Johnstown Flood; 3 pm: The Shadow of Hate followed by Robert Kennedy Remembered; 5 pm: Berga: Soldiers of Another War. All screenings are free. 36 Battery Place, 212-945-0039; www.mjhnyc.org

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, 32 Second Ave., 505-5181: Call for information on upcoming film schedule for December and January including films from Joseph Cornells private collection.

TWO BOOTS:
Pioneer Theater, 155 E. Third St., 254-3300: Sun.SHORT FILM SLAM, show your original films and videos before an audience in a real cinema setting, call for guidelines, 2-4 p.m., sign-up 1:30 p.m.

Video Theater NYC, 85 East Fourth St., 212-868-4444: A new microcinema in New York, hoping to create a new niche for independent, low-budget works that are not big enough for the Film Forum or the Angelika, call now for more information, $5.